China’s Foreign Minister Kicks off Africa Tour in Namibia

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Namibian President-elect Netumbo Ndemupelila Nandi-Ndaitwah in Windhoek on January 6, 2025. Image via @VPSWAPO

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Namibia on Monday and hailed the “time-honored friendship” between Africa and his country, which he called the continent’s “most reliable partner.”

The Asian power’s first diplomatic visit of the year has traditionally been to Africa, the minister told a news conference in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, in the presence of Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who was elected president last month.

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